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Decision-Making Should Be a Required Course in Every High School

By Steven Johnson — 2018

We spend too much time making kids memorize facts instead of giving them the skill that will help them throughout their lives.

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Buried by Bad Decisions

Our brains are hard-wired to make poor choices about harm prevention in today's world. But we can fight it.

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Daniel Gilbert
2011
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For World Meditation Day, Try This Intuition Practice

Through the practice of yoga, you can learn to hear—and follow—your inner guidance.

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Sally Kempton
2007
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Embracing Boredom to Enhance Problem-Solving

Have you ever been in a “fight or flight” mode when faced with an unexpected disability-related problem? Maybe you have arrived somewhere only to notice the building is not accessible, so you have to quickly change your plans.

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Lauren Presutti
2021
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The Get-Away-from-It-All Strategy for Solving Your Problems

You're searching for an answer, an insight. Then it startles you: Bang! Annie Gottlieb reports on Dr. Herbert Benson's electrifying concept.

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Annie Gottlieb
2003
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The Math Revolution

Children should see math “for what it is: a tool for critical thinking. If their teachers can’t help them do this, well—it is a betrayal.”

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Peg Tyre
2016
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The Power of Humor in Ideation and Creativity

Laughter can help people solve problems that demand creative solutions, by making it easier to think more broadly and associate ideas/relationships more freely.

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Moses Ma
2014
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Heart-Mind Challenge: Solving Problems Peacefully

The strategies that children and youth use to resolve conflict change as they grow up. Stages of brain development are highly influential to both how children approach conflict and to the kinds of support adults can offer to build skills.

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Dalai Lama Center
2014
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How to Solve Common Family Problems

In every family, there will be problems. No matter how positive and empathic parents have been, kids will still argue and misbehave, and ask for more than they can have. The demands of our daily lives -- and of theirs -- will inevitably create conflict and misunderstanding.

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Kenneth Barish
2013
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How Gender Differences Make Decision-Making Difficult

Why does trouble come running as soon as two people, and especially folks of different genders, try to solve problems together? Male plus female plus a decision to be made invites a high potential for arguments.

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Ekua Hagan
2012
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Albert Einstein’s Problem-Solving Formula, and Why It Still Works Like a Charm

When asked how he would spend his time if he was given an hour to solve a thorny problem, Einstein said he’d spend 55 minutes defining the problem and alternatives and 5 minutes solving it.

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Leon Ho
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